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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in online education are enabling students all over the world to take online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to better perceive these exciting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this increasing need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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